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SPECIES CHINENSES. 195 
” Parrya Forrestii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Inter species adhuc descriptas floribus flavis conspicua. 
Planta 10-20 cm. alta; radix praelonga, crassa, multiceps. 
Caules plures subdecumbentes, basi vaginis emarcidis stramineis 
vestiti, supra foliosi, pilis albidis adpressis medio affixis hinc 
inde induti. Folia longe petiolata petiolo 4-6 cm. longo, 
spathulata ; lamina 2-4 cm. longa, I-1.5 cm. lata, apice obtusa 
vel rotundata, nonnunquam obtuso-mucronulata, basi in peti- 
olum leviter cuneatim attenuata, membranacea, integra vel 
remote 5—6-denticulata, utrinque pilis albidis adpressis medio 
affixis sparsius praedita, pallide virentia, infra vix pallidiora, 
nervis obscuris. Scapi breves, foliosi; racemi 6-12-flori, 
breves, supra folia non eminentes ; bracteae inferiores foliis 
similes, superiores reductae ; pedicelli primo 5-10 mm. longi, 
tandem ad 2.5 cm. elongati. Sepala 7-8 mm. longa, oblonga, 
margine scariosa, erecta subaequalia, extus sparse albo-pilosa. 
Petala 1.5 cm. longa, spathulata, ungue 8 mm. longo, flava. 
Stamina 8 mm. longa, antheris 1.5 mm. longis. Siliqua com- 
pressa, ad 6 cm. elongata, 3-4 mm. lata, valvis uninerviis, pilis 
adpressis medio affixis sparse induta; stylus brevissimus ; 
semina I-seriata, 5-6, orbicularia, compressissima, (vix matura) 
circ. 3 mm. diametro. 
“Plant of 4-8 inches. Flowers yellow. On _ limestone 
drift on the western flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27°25’N. 
Alt. I12,000-13,000 ft. August 1910.’ G. Forrest. No. 6518. 
Phylianthus Forrestii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
‘Species sectionis Reidiae ex affinitate Phyllantht pulchri, 
all. 
Fruticulus 15-20 cm. altus, erectus; pars inferior caulis 
subterranea vel inter saxa ut videtur errans, nuda ; pars superior 
ramosa foliosa ; ramuli hornotini subfastigiati Io-16 cm. longi, 
gracillimi rubridi glabri. Folia alterna disticha oblique im- 
bricata, 1-2 cm. longa, circ. I cm. lata, orbicularia vel oblonga 
vel obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata breviter apiculata, basi 
rotundata, integerrima, supra viridia subtus glaucescentia, 
utrinque glabra, nervis 3-4 paribus obscuris ; petiolus brevis- 
simus vix 1 mm. longus; stipulae lineari-lanceolatae, circ. 2 
mm. longae, acuminatae, pallido-virides. Flores parvi axillares, 
@ pedicellati saepius in axillis inferioribus pauci, ? in axillis 
superioribus solitarii, longius pedicellati; pedicelli ad 1 cm. 
longi, graciles, dense scabriduli. Floris masculini sepala 4, 
petaloidea, ovata, alte serrato-lacerata, circ. 2.5 mm. Jonga, 
appendiculo filiformi circ. 2 mm. longo apice praedita; cum 
appendiculis flos circ. 9 mm. diametro; glandulae reniformes 
